Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn
by Mann, William J
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0805076255
- ISBN 13
- 9780805076257
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About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2006. xxviii, 621 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dogeared a couple of times. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket with light shelfwear. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "The first major Katharine Hepburn biography independent of her control reveals the smart, complicated, and sophisticated woman behind the image. Onscreen she played society girls, Spencer Tracy's sidekick, lionesses in winter. But the best character Katharine Hepburn ever created was Katharine Hepburn: a Connecticut Yankee, outspoken and elegant, she wore pants whatever the occasion and bristled at Hollywood glitter. So captivating was her image that she never seemed less than authentic. Previous biographies have recycled the stories she hid behind, taking Hollywood myths at face value. Mann goes deeper, delivering new details from friends and family who have not been previously interviewed and drawing on materials only available since Hepburn's death. He shows us how a woman originally considered too special and controversial for fame learned the fine arts of movie stardom and transformed herself into an icon as durable and all-American as the Statue of Liberty. / William J. Mann has written for The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, The Hartford Courant, Salon, and other publications. He is the author of Edge of Midnight: The Life of John Schlesinger; Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood; and Wisecracker: The Life and Times of William Haines. He lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
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- Title
- Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn
- Author
- Mann, William J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0805076255
- ISBN 13
- 9780805076257
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Film, TV, & Video / Film / Performers;
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